Friday, October 30, 2009

Criminal Minds: Joe Mantegna, David Rossi on Criminal Minds, attended the NBC Premiere of "The Heart of Hollywood: The Chicago Link" on October 27th.

Airing on NBC on October 31st at 6 PM and also on November 1st at 11 PM, this film captures Chicago's entertainment icons' loyalty and love of their hometown. Interviews include Tom Dreesen, Virginia Madsen, Jeff Garlin, Harold Ramis, Chris O'Donnell, Joe Mantegna and Bonnie Hunt, among others. Richard Roeper and Bill Zwecker hosted the red carpet at that event and conducted many of the interviews.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Criminal Minds going game: Legacy Interactive has signed a licensing agreement with CBS Consumer Products to develop a video game based on the popular crime drama series Criminal Minds, as part of it Hollywood Hits game series.

Criminal Minds revolves around an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. Led by Special Agent Aaron “Hotch” Hotchner, each member brings his or her own area of expertise to the table as they pinpoint predators' motivations and identify their emotional triggers in the attempt to stop them.

“Legacy Interactive is thrilled to be collaborating with CBS Consumer Products to expand our Hollywood Hits games,” said Ariella Lehrer, President and CEO of Legacy Interactive. “Criminal Minds is an intelligent and sophisticated television series that will translate wonderfully into an interactive gaming experience.”

In the Criminal Minds game, players delve into the criminal mind with clever puzzles and immersive hidden object gameplay. The game will include characters and themes taken directly from the hit television series. In the game, fans will be able to take on the role of different members of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) to solve a series of five shocking crimes. In order to track down the killers and solve each case, players will need to examine crime scenes for clues, interview witnesses and suspects, analyze evidence and build a profile based on real-life criminal profiling techniques.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

CRIMINAL MINDS is one of the darkest of TV’s procedurals, dealing as it does with a team of FBI profilers who track serial killers in every episodes, hoping to capture the homicidal culprits before they kill again. The main regular source of brightness on the CBS hit, now in its fifth year, is colorful computer researcher Penelope Garcia, played with great warmth and panache by Kristen Vangsness. Vangsness, known for her work on the Los Angeles theatre scene, took what began as a small recurring role and invested her with so much spark that she soon became indispensable to the teams both on and off-screen.

iF MAGAZINE: Coming into fifth season, was anybody worried about the renewal, or was everyone pretty confident?

Monday, October 26, 2009

Criminal Minds: CBS press release for "The Eyes Have It" - The BAU team tracks a serial killer who keeps the eyes of his victims as souvenirs, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, Nov. 4 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Salli Richardson-Whitfield ("Eureka") Returns As The Sister Of A Murder Victim

Criminal Minds: "The Performer" -- J.J. (A.J. Cook) reviews the details in the case of a Goth performer who has become lost in the frightening alter-ego he portrays on stage Ð an alter-ego whom the BAU team suspects may be a brutal serial killer, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, Nov. 11 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television

Criminal Minds: Next on CBS- "Conflicted" - The team travels to Fort Lauderdale during spring break to find a serial killer with multiple personalities who is targeting co-eds on vacation, on a rebroadcast of CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, Oct. 28 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 4/8/09)

Quote:"You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around -- and why his parents will always wave back." - Journalist William D. Tammeus

Criminal Minds: Congrats to Erica Silverman, pictured with Scott David. They do a great job casting for Criminal Minds.

A Grand Forks native recently was named Casting Associate of the Year at the eighth annual Talent Managers Association Heller Awards in Los Angeles.

Erica Silverman is the casting associate for TV's "Criminal Minds," airing on CBS. She also teaches casting workshops for actors. Silverman graduated from Central High School before going to college at the University of Southern California.

Silverman is part of a former Grand Forks multi-generational retail family. She is the daughter of a Steve and Robin Silverman and granddaughter of the late Sam and Evelyn Silverman. Info: www.imdb.com/name/nm2083259/.

Criminal Minds: Thank you to Ed Bernero and the Criminal Minds writers for donating signed scripts for us to auction to benefit the American Cancer Society. Also, the winner of the Nick Brendon autographed Xander doll has graciously donated it back to us to auction again. :)

Criminal Minds: Thank you to Paget Brewster for donating a pair of her sunglasses for us to auction for the American Cancer Society. Paget signed the case. I adore Paget. We scored when she joined the cast of Criminal Minds!

Criminal Minds: We are proud to announce that Criminal Minds writer Breen Frazier will be joining us in the Criminal Minds Fanatic chat room on Wednesday, October 21st at 10pm est to discuss his episode "Cradle to Grave". Please email the Criminal Minds moderators for the password: cmfchat@gmail.com

THE BAU INVESTIGATES THE BIZARRE CASE OF A SUSPECT WHO FORCES YOUNG WOMEN INTO MOTHERHOOD BEFORE KILLING THEM, ON "CRIMINAL MINDS," WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21"Cradle to Grave" - The team hunts a suspect who impregnates young women and has them give birth before murdering them, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, Oct. 21 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Criminal Minds Chat Info: We are proud to announce that Mark Friedman, Creator and Executive Producer of "The Forgotten" will be joining us in the Criminal Minds Fanatic chat room on Monday, October 19th at 10pm est to discuss the show and his upcoming episode “River John”. Please email the Criminal Minds moderators for the password: cmfchat@gmail.com

“River John” – The Forgotten Network investigates the murder of a John Doe found shot to death in a drainage tunnel. Clues point towards the Doe being on a search, but who was he looking for? Has the team stumbled upon a sinister plot involving betrayal, kidnapping and murder? As the mystery unravels, Alex (Christian Slater) begins to see his own story reflected in the victim, on “the forgotten,” TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on ABC.

Criminal Minds: There has been way too much already written about Mandy P. guest starring on Three Rivers but I loved Ed Bernero's responses in this article so I am posting it. I think it should answer once and for all the emails I have been receiving the past few days asking me if Mandy is coming back to Criminal Minds!

The highlights:

Mandy: “They were some of the most beautiful, gifted actors I ever had the privilege to work with, and I miss them all very much,” he says. But a show about tracking serial killers “just wasn't the right fit at the time....The way I work, for better or worse, is to bring that material to life. My mind was immersed in Holocaust images 24/7. It isn't that I won't do pieces like that in the future, I'll just be cautious in terms of what I choose. I'll choose in a very Mandy-friendly fashion.”

Ed: The warm feelings aren't exactly mutual on the Minds set. “I can tell you that nobody misses him,” says executive producer Edward Allen Bernero, who says the last time he talked to Patinkin was just before the table read, when the star said, “I'll see you in an hour” and then didn't show. “We sent the police out,” says Bernero. “We thought he got in an accident on the freeway coming to work.”

“He really hurt a lot of people,” continues Bernero, who's currently working on Minds' 100th episode, slated for November. “We were going into our third season—it's one of the most important seasons—and nobody knew whether [his leaving] meant everybody lost their jobs. It was handled very poorly. I'm not hurt about it, although I won't ever work with him again. I'm just proud of this [Minds] family. Looking back on it it's like, wow, that really cemented us all.”

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Criminal Minds: Amanda Bernero Koiter gave birth to Miles Alexander Koiter on Oct. 9th at 4:09 pm, 8 pounds 9 ounces and 21 inches of perfection according to new grandpa Ed Bernero. Congrats to the new parents and to Barbara and Ed on becoming grandparents. :)

Criminal Minds: CBS press release:CBS’s CRIMINAL MINDS won the 9:00-10:00 PM time period in viewers and key demographics for the second straight week, the 8:00-9:00 PM comedy block posted week-to-week increases with its best deliveries in adults 18-49 since December, while CSI: NY also notched across-the-board gains, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Wednesday, Oct. 14.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Criminal Minds: Martine found an interesting blurb: What happened to Garcia's boyfriend and J.J.'s husband on Criminal Minds? — DeniseADAM: Good news, Denise! Garcia's beau, Kevin (Nicholas Brendon), pops up in the series' 100th episode, as do J.J.'s hubby and baby boy. That episode, this season's ninth, is shaping up to be a doozy. Executive producer Ed Bernero tells me that in addition to wrapping up the Reaper story line, the episode will "take the team full-circle back to an important issue raised in the pilot episode: whether it's possible to surround yourself with monsters and not become one."

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Criminal Minds scored big in this week's Nielsen ratings. Paget Brewster and Joe Mantegna are pictured above during filming of Criminal Minds episode "Hopeless" which airs tomorrow night on CBS. Here is the top ten Nielsen ratings for the week ending October 11th.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Criminal Minds: We are proud to announce that Tom Elliott, stunt coordinator for "Criminal Minds" and Andre Ellingson, special effects supervisor for "Criminal Minds" will be joining us in the Criminal Minds Fanatic chat room on Wednesday, October 14th at 10pm est. Please email the Criminal Minds moderators for the password: cmfchat@gmail.com

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Thank you to all my wonderful Criminal Minds friends for the birthday gifts, cards and internet greetings. You've all made turning 50 tomorrow feel great. And just so you know.... 50 is the new 30! Again, thank you so much for your thoughtfulness and especially your friendship which is the greatest gift of all!

Criminal Minds: Joe Mantegna, David Rossi on Criminal Minds, is pictured above with HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco at the Monte Carlo Television Festival cocktail party held at the Beverly Hills Hotel in October.

Criminal Minds: Joe Mantegna, David Rossi on Criminal Minds, introduced his family to Gavin Rossdale who is guest starring in an upcoming episode of Criminal Minds. Twitter has been on overload discussing his appearance and I am truly looking forward to seeing the episode. ***Used with permission from Mr. Mantegna**

CBS Press Release: Rock star Gavin Rossdale will guest star on an episode of CRIMINAL MINDS this fall on the CBS Television Network.

Rossdale will play a Goth rock star who has become lost in the frightening alter-ego he portrays on stage - an alter-ego whom the BAU team suspects may be a brutal serial killer.

Rossdale was last seen in the independent feature film "How to Rob a Bank." Previously, he appeared in the films "Constantine," "Little Black Book" and "Game of their Lives." Rossdale first attained worldwide fame as the lead singer/songwriter for the UK post-grunge rock band Bush. Their first album, "Sixteen Stone" (1994), was a huge commercial success. Almost overnight, Bush went from playing small pubs in London to headlining arenas in the US, the result of extensive, non-stop touring. The band went on to produce three more albums together. Rossdale was featured on the Sony Pictures XXX soundtrack in 2002 with a song called "Adrenaline." The song was also the official theme song for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s "Unforgiven" pay-per-view event in September 2002 and was used in the ending credits of "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines." Additionally, he has just completed his International Tour on his latest solo album, "Wunderlust." Rossdale resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Gwen Stefani, and their two sons.

Criminal Minds: Angie Kibiloski, an aspiring actress with enormous talent and stand-in for A.J. Cook, was given a role in this week's Criminal Minds episode "Reckoner." Angie played a detective. She is a wonderful actress and a delightful young lady. Remember her name because I think she's got a really bright future ahead of her!

Friday, October 09, 2009

Criminal Minds: Donnell Turner, actor and stand-in for Shemar Moore, Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds, is extremely talented. I predict that this young actor is going to have a very successful career.

Donnell in "Alternative" directed by Andy Swan. This film has won: Best Drama, at the Action on film international film festival, official selection at the Big Bear film festival, official selection at the Boston International film festival, and "best in fest" at the Rochester international film festival. Its an intense 5 minutes that tells a full story (hard to do in such little time). Beautifully acted by Donnell and brilliantly directed by Andy Swan. Enjoy!

Thursday, October 08, 2009

"Hopeless" — A group of suspects with a pack mentality who kill for the thrill of it are the subjects of a BAU manhunt, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, Oct. 14 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Salli Richardson-Whitfield (“Eureka”) guest stars as the sister of a murder victim who bonds with Morgan.

Criminal Minds: Happy Belated Birthday to Bri, sitting third from the right at the Criminal Minds BAU round table, who celebrated her birthday Thursday. Bri is the IT guru for the Criminal Minds Fanatic websites, a CMF moderator, a wonderful friend to all and Thomas Gibson's most faithful fan. We love you Bri!

The night's most-watched broadcast show was CBS' "Criminal Minds" with 13.5 million viewers at 9. In the same time slot, ABC's "Modern Family" charmed 8.5 million but the audience dipped to 7.8 million for Courteney Cox's "Cougar Town." NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" arrested 8.1 million. Fox's musical "Glee" charmed 7.3 million, but was a strong performer in the 18-to-49 age group. "Criminal Minds," however, had the most young adults in the time slot.

Criminal Minds: "Hopeless" -- Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) helps the BAU track a pack of suspects who randomly murder their victims for the thrill of the kill, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, Oct. 14 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Criminal Minds: Cute interview with Matthew Gray Gubler, Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds - So "Criminal Minds" may not be the most Crushworthy of TV shows since it's about criminal profilers, and, well, that's not at all that sexy. But, if you happen to be one of the people who do tune in week after week to see what kinds of crimes that team can solves then you'll know there's a hidden gem of in the midst. That's why this week we want you to get to know "CM" star Matthew Gray Gubler as our Hump Day Hottie. -more-